For the second consecutive year, a model Volkswagen manages to win the World Car of the Year Award . To make it in the edition 2010 was the new Polo , already elected Car of the Year in our continent. The prize, awarded today to Living in New York , therefore, repeating the success of the Golf last year.

The Polo has defeated so the other two finalists, car-even if in very different ways, represent genuine landmarks, but also could not cope with the new German utility: the Mercedes E-Class and Toyota Pries . Remarks a number of VOW Martin Winterport speaks for itself: “Our current range is perhaps the best we have ever offered.”

With the acquisition of 19.9% of Suzuki , Volkswagen will have access to platforms for small cars of the House of Hamamatsu and controlled facilities in India through Maruti . Although Suzuki will have access to the extensive know-how of the House of Wolfsburg, the platform of the New Small Family – which will be developed on the production version of the Up! – will for the time being ousted by the agreement.

He completed 20 years Volkswagen Golf G60, sports version of the time for the compact and Wolfsburg with supercharger G. The second generation Golf was already available in sporty GTI , moved from the 1.8 16V 136 bhp engine. Instead, the Golf Rallye debuted in 1989 featuring the same engine in the Corrado G60, or the 1.8 supercharged 160 hp and 225 Nm of torque, which then came in ‘90 under the hood of the Golf G60.